Thu Tu’s Blog

This morning, I noticed Firefox was awfully slow. I clicked on one bookmark and had to wait for the tab to load before I could open the second bookmark. Usually, I open both bookmarks one after the other.
I opened Task Manager to check how much memory it was using. It was over 580MB! I used [...]

I’m all about keyboard shortcuts. Particularly since my main computer at home is a laptop, the less I have to move the cursor, the better.
I installed Google Screensaver on my work laptop also. The thing was that the usual keyboard shortcut that I usually use to lock the screen, ctrl-alt-delete, did not immediately activate the [...]

I found this page today that finally helped me understand how to install applications in Linux: HOWTO: Use dpkg to Install .deb Files:
To install a .deb file, become root and use the command:
dpkg -i filename.deb

In order for me to run the command as root, I was supposed to use:
sudo dpkg -i filename.deb
However, [...]

I’ve figured all the issues I had with upgrading to Firefox 2 and now all three of my computers are running the latest version with no problems.
The previous issues that made me revert to Firefox 1.5 after attempting the upgrade:
Lost bookmarks
It turned out what made the bookmarks disappear upon upgrade was that the Firefox process [...]

I decided to upgrade to Firefox 2.0 despite it being officially out for only one day. The upgrade process was really quick. When I restarted Firefox, I noticed a huge empty space where my bookmarks used to be. I thought, no problem, I’ll right-click on the toolbar and enable Bookmarks. But it was already enabled. [...]